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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Making Tough Decisions

“When faced with two equally tough choices, most people
choose the third choice: to not choose.”- Jarod Kintz

Here are 4 aids to making tough decisions:

1.Ask
your polar opposite. Try consulting a colleague who consistently
thinks differently than you, says Sandra Tsing Loh, host of radio’s The Loh Down on Science. You’ll see any problems
from new angles.

2.Procrastinate. Quick
decisions rob us of the time to cogitate, says Frank Portnoy, author of Wait: The Art and Science of Delay. When
facing a choice, determine how long you can wait to render a verdict, then make
the call when that when the moment arrives.

3.Drink
up.
Down some water about 45 minutes before you shop for a major item, says Mirjam
Tuk, a U.K. marketing professor. “It sounds strange,” but people have more self
control when holding their urine.

“What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.” - Bodie
Thoene

“...you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze
you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're
doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you
keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that
proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.” -
Paulo Coelho

“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.” -
Ken Levine

“If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the
one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.” - Paul Arden

“It does not take
much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide
what to do.” - Elbert Hubbard

“Whatever you decide,
don't let it be because you don't think you have a choice.” -Hannah Harrington

"You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility
of what might happen.” - Michelle Obama

“Not to decide is to decide.” - Harvey Cox

“The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose
everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by
indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.” - Elizabeth
Gilbert

“Please do make your decisions in life and feel confident
that they are right. However, if fate is involved, feel just as confident even
if they aren’t.” - C. Elizabeth